Fritz Wintersteller (21 October 1927 – 15 September 2018) was an Austrian climber who made the first ascent of Broad Peak together with Hermann Buhl,...
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first ascent of this mountain was in June 1957, accomplished by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl as part of an...
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Karakoram in Pakistan. The other members of the expedition were: Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger. In his later years, he successfully organized...
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had successfully summitted Broad Peak behind Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller a few weeks earlier. On June 25, they left camp I and camped in a...
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mountaineering legend, described by Bonington as "a magnificent achievement". Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger reached the forepeak (8030 m) on May 29 1957...
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Glacier, roughly opposite Broad Peak. In 1957, Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller made a flash first ascent of Skil Brum, in pure Alpine style. Starting...
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writer (born in the southern part of Tyrol, then in Austria-Hungary) Fritz Wintersteller (1927–2018), first ascent of Broad Peak in 1957 Haim Bar-Lev (1924–1994)...
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OEAV Karakoram Expedition Herbert Tichy, first ascent of Cho Oyu Fritz Wintersteller, first ascent of Broad Peak (1957) Andreas Geritzer, sailor Roman...
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051 m (26,414 ft) 1,701 m (5,581 ft) Pakistan China 9 June 1957 Fritz Wintersteller Marcus Schmuck Kurt Diemberger Hermann Buhl 5 March 2013 Maciej Berbeka...
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(d. 2009) 1926 – Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984) 1927 – Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2018) 1927 – Howard Zieff, American director...
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